[jbotti1]

A sandblasting cabinet is probably your best bet. It is just an enclosure for your parts. This prevents sand (media) from getting everywhere, protects the operator, and allows you to reuse the media. Without a cabinet sand blasting is a real mess. You want to get a sand blast cabinet that is big enough for the parts you’re going to be coating. If you only have an old kitchen oven you don’t really need a huge blast cabinet (the oven will be the limitation).
Media is the “stuff” that you are going to be shooting at the part. Most people don’t recommend sand as a media because it can cause silicosis. Most will recommend aluminum oxide, black beauty, garnet, etc. Each media has its advantages and disadvantages. I use Black Beauty because it’s cheap, can be recycled a few times, removes paint/rust, and leaves a nice finish for powder.
You want to use a sandblast nozzle that matches your compressor. Most sandblasters will say “requires 12 CFM”. You want to make sure your compressor has at least 12 CFM of air (good size compressor).
Hope this helps
Joe